Flower-stand



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` of Bellefontaine, in the county of Logan and lss VTo aZZ whom it mayconcern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SARAI-I E. COVINGTON, OF BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO.

FLOWER- STAN D.

'PECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 422,297, datedFebruary 25, 1890.

Application filed October 26, 1889.

Be it known that I, SARAH E. CovING'roN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident State of Ohio, have invented a new and usefulFlower-Stand, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates tov certain improvements in ornamentalflower-stands.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of mystand, partly supported by awindow-sill; and Fig. 2, a top view of the upright hollow standard. Fig.3 is a detail view of part of the flower- Stand.

The construction and operation of my device are as follows:

On a base A, I locate a hollow upright standard B, open at its top andhaving a screen O over its open end. A flower-pot, boat-shaped, round,or other shape, having a hole in its bottom, is screwed on the top ofthe pipe and filled with earth to receive fiowers. Lower down on thestandard are sliding collars E, having jointed brackets G, similar togas-brackets, projecting out sidewise from them. The collars can be slidup and down to any points desired, and are fastened where wanted by thethurnb-screws F. On the ends of the brackets are brackets or pans forreceving flowers. Beneath these bracketsand attached to the lowestcollar is apan projecting to one side of the standard. i This pan isalso adjustable up and down on the standards (to adapt it to rest onwindow-sills of different heights) intended to receive fiowerpots, catchthe drippings from the pots above,

Serial No. 328,862. (No model.)

and also serve to steady the stand by resting upon the window-sill, thesill receiving the weight of the larger fioWer-pots in the pan andacting to steady the stand.

In position the stand is located near enough the window to allow the panto rest upon the sill, but far enough out to allow the windowblindLtoberolled up and down. The fiowerpot on top of the standard beingharder to reach and water than the others, I leave an opening through itto the hollow pipe, only covered by the screen O. Then whenI water thefiowers in the upper pot I pour in enough to fill up the pipe, and theevaporation and the water drawn up' by the roots of the flowe1's willenable the plants in the upper parts to go a long time without Watering.Connections can be made through hollow brackets to thus water all theflowers on the stand, as shown in Fig. 3.

The object of my invention is to provide a neat, safe, and convenientstand for fiowerpots-one that will take up little space in the room, andwill use the window-sill to support the fiower-pots and to steady thestand.

What I claim is- In a flower-stand, the (',o1nbination,with the standardA and brackets G, of a drip and steadying pan located to one side of thestandard and adj ustable Vertically to adapt itself to the differentheights of Window-sills, as and forthe purpose set forth.

SARAH E. COVINGTON.

Witnesses:

IvA A. KEsLER, E. K. CAMPBELL.

